A short route to α-tocopherol

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 5827-5829

  Liu, Kegang ^a   Chougnet, Antoinette ^a   Woggon, Wolf D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Decarboxylation; Diastereoselectivity; Michael addition; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTION; DECARBOXYLATION; DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY; MICHAEL ADDITION; VITAMINS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 53549115929     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801765     Document Type: Article

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